July 31, 2024

McKnight Hall at 7:00 pm

All the Opera Conservatory students take the stage for their final concert of the season with a program filled with popular musical show tunes. 

One Kiss from The Desert Song, 1926 

-Music by Sigmund Romberg (1887 – 1951)  

-Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein (1895 – 1960)  

Charlotte Jakobs, soprano 

How Could I Ever Know from Secret Garden, 1991 

-Music by Lucy Simon (1940 – 2022)  

-Playwright by Marsha Norman (b. 1947)  

Juliet Rand, soprano 

Till There Was You from The Music Man, 1957 

-Music and Lyrics by Meredith Willson (1902 – 1984)  

Jiyu Kim, soprano 

Vanilla Ice Cream from She Loves Me, 1963 

- Music by Jerry Bock (1928 – 2010)  

- Lyrics by Sheldon Harnick (1924 – 2023)  

Mary Margaret McNeil, soprano 

Someone to Watch Over Me from Oh, Kay!, 1990 

- Music by George Gershwin  

- Lyrics by Ira Gershwin 

Adriana Stepien, soprano 

I’m Just a Stranger Here Myself from One Touch of Venus, 1943 

- Music by Kurt Weill (1900 – 1950)  

- Lyrics by Ogden Nash (1902 – 1971)  

Jaimie Langner, mezzo 

Julius Abrahams, piano   

Some Enchanted Evening from South Pacific, 1949 

- Music by Richard Rodgers (1902 – 1979)  

- Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein (1895 – 1960) 

Nicholas Gryniewski, baritone 

I Could Have Danced All Night from My Fair Lady, 1956 

- Music by Frederick Lowe (1901 – 1988) 

- Lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner (1918 – 1986)  

Daisy Dalit Sigal, soprano 

Yours Is My Heart Alone from The Land of Smiles, 1929  

- Music by Franz Lehar 

- Libretto by Fritz Löhner-Beda and Ludwig Herzer 

Anthony Voiers, tenor 

To Keep My Love Alive from A Connecticut Yankee, 1927 

- Music by Richard Rodgers (1902 – 1979) 

- Lyrics by Lorenz Hart (1895 – 1943)  

Claire Coven, mezzo 

The Song of the Yue Boatman, 528BC 

- Liu Quing  

Minghang Wang, bass-baritone 

Out Of My Dreams from Oklahoma! 

- Music by Richard Rodgers (1902 – 1979)  

- Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein (1895 – 1960) 

Shikta Mukherjee, soprano 

Jinhee Park, piano 

Anthem from Chess, 1984 

- Music by Benny Andersson (b. 1946)  

- Lyrics by Tim Rice (b. 1944)  

- Music and Lyrics by Björn Ulvaeus (b. 1945)  

Ghalip Ekber, tenor 

Send in the Clowns from A Little Night Music, 1973 

- Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim (1930 – 2021)  

Sam Higgins, countertenor 

Surabaya Johnny from Happy End, 1929 

- Music by Kurt Weill 

- Lyrics by Bertold Brecht  

- Playwright by Elisabeth Hauptmann 

Natalie Corrigan, mezzo 

Maria from West Side Story, 1957 

- Music by Leonard Bernstein (1918 – 1990)  

- Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim (1930 – 2021)  

Zhongjiancheng Deng, tenor 

Lily’s Eyes from Secret Garden, 1991 

- Music by Lucy Simon (1940 – 2022)  

- Lyrics by Marsha Norman (b. 1947)  

Anthony Voiers, tenor  

Joeavian Rivera, baritone 

One More Kiss from Follies, 1971 

- Stephen Sondheim (1930 – 2021) 

Jennifer Robinson, soprano  

Alessia Vitali, mezzo 

Donna Gill, piano  

The Chautauqua Opera Conservatory is an intensive educational program that seeks to offer the highest caliber of training for young singers, 18 and older. Under the leadership of Marlena Kleinman Malas*, a select group of singers will study, coach, and perform in an idyllic setting on the grounds of Chautauqua Institution in western New York State.    

*The Chautauqua Community joins the world in mourning the passing of Marlena Malas on December 4, 2023.  We honor her more than four decades of leadership and service to our Opera Conservatory. 

Resident Faculty

Marlena Kleinman Malas*: Director

John Matsumoto Giampietro: Interim Director 

William Burden

Amy Burton

Rachel Calloway

Claudia Catania 

Maxine Davis 

Jenn Pitt

Matthew Worth 

*In Memoriam to Marlena who passed away December 2023*

Guest Faculty

Renée Fleming 

Brian Zeger 

Coaches

Julius Abrahams 

Martin Dubé

Donna Gill 

Bénédicte Jourdois 

Kanae Matsumoto Giampietro 

Jinhee Park